The Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS and grinned immediately "Look where we ended up!" he said happily "the lost, well, previously lost, moon of Poosh!"

"The what?" Alice asked, stepping out behind him

"Had to have been there" the Doctor told her

"fine then…" Alice muttered

"Let's have a look around then!" the Doctor said, striding off in some random direction. Alice followed, pausing a second at the feel of the ground beneath her feet. It went hot suddenly for a second or two before cooling back down to normal temperature. She started to mention it to the Doctor but didn't have the chance, because two people were running towards them.

"Oh my gosh, Bill! I can't believe it!" one of them yelled, though more of to her partner than to them. The other person, who was apparently called Bill, shook their hands and smiled.

"Sorry!" the girl gasped when she reached them "Bill can't do the proper hellos, he went mute a while ago. Anyways, I'm Ren Whitman, and this is Bill, obviously. I said his name about a million times" she grinned "he's my brother. We're here as part of the Poosh Moon Recovery Squad," she turned to Bill and asked him quietly "that's right, isn't it?" he nodded and she turned back to the Doctor and Alice "we're just here to make sure nothing went to wacko during the moon's recent disappearance."

"Nice to meet you! I'm the Doctor"

"I'm Alice!"

Ren smiled at the two of them "let's head back to the base then. No need standing out in the cold. Come on!" she turned around and headed back in the direction where Bill and her had first come from, and the other three followed.

"You'll never guess what I found!" were the first words out of Ren's mouth when they arrived at the base.

"What is it this time Ren?" someone asked from the nearby computer desk.

"I found people!"

"Really now?" the guy said, not bothering to look up from his computer "I won't believe it till I see it," he chose that moment to look up and spotted Alice and the Doctor. "Oh my gosh, you weren't kidding!" he stood up and shook their hands "I'm Timothy James Smith Jr. Call me Tim."

"Or TJ" Ren laughed

"Shut up Ren" Tim said "Who are you two?"

"I'm Alice"

"I'm the Doctor"

"Well, welcome to Poosh" Tim said, going back to his work on the computer.

"Come on!" Ren said "let's go meet the rest of the crew!" and she headed through a nearby door. The Doctor and Alice exchanged glances, but followed never the less. They reached what seemed to be the main part of the base, where a few more crew members were hanging about. The Doctor caught sight of one of them, and his jaw nearly hit the floor.

Ren, meanwhile, was doing introductions "Everyone! I'd like you to meet Alice, and the Doctor, they showed up here a bit ago. Alice, Doctor, I'd like you to meet the rest of the crew. Over there we have Jenna" she pointed at a girl over in the corner, who waved "That's Chris" she pointed at another one of the crew, he waved also "and that right there is-"

"Ida Scott" the Doctor finished, grinning "what are you doing here?"

Ida turned around and frowned at the Doctor. "Who are you? And how do you know my name?"

The Doctor was left speechless for a moment, and then he remembered. "Right, sorry, did change a bit since the last time we met. I'm the Doctor, do you remember? We were on that Impossible Planet, orbiting round that black hole, we explored that cavern together. And please tell me this isn't in your future or something, because then I'd feel really, really embarrassed."

Realization dawned upon Ida's face "No way" she whispered "you can't be!"

The Doctor smiled "well, I am!"

"What happened to Rose?" Ida asked

"Oh, she's gone. Been gone."

"Did you two break up or something?"

"Who says we ever to-" the Doctor stopped there "you could say that" he muttered "Look, I don't want to talk about it" he said, as Ida started to ask him another question. There was a bit of slightly awkward silence, much of it spent with everyone staring at the Doctor, before he asked "so what do you guys do here exactly?"

"I already told you" Ren said "we're"

She never did finish her sentence though, because right then the ground shook tremendously, causing nearly everyone to fall over. The only ones who managed not to fall over were the people sitting, and the Doctor. Alice, meanwhile, fell towards the Doctor, but he caught her and set her back on her feet.

"You see," Chris said, standing back up "that's just our cover story. We're really here to find out why the ground's been shaking, why there are random hot flashes under the surface, and the mysterious cave that has something in it, but we just can't find out what."

"We've sent at least three probes in there," Jenna added "and not a single one has returned. We were going to send another in, just as you showed up."

"Really now?" the Doctor asked, going over to a nearby computer "What are we waiting for then? Let's get this show on the road!"

"Right," Ida said, pressing a button for the intercom "Tim! Send that thing out there!"

"Already done!" Tim replied "you should be receiving feedback now."

Video showed up on each of the computers, showing a mysterious cave. Everyone in the room watched with baited breath as the probe navigated its way through the cave. After what seemed like ages it reached a very large central cavern.

"What's that?" Alice asked, pointing at something that was off in the corner.

"We don't know" Ida said "it could be anything"

"Can we zoom in on it? Try not to move the probe any closer."

The view zoomed in, getting a closer look at whatever the thing was. Alice stared at it in disbelief. "Can we get any closer?" she asked.

"But you said-"

"Do it anyways!"

The probe moved closer, very, very slowly. "No…" Alice whispered "it can't be…"

"What?" the Doctor asked. Alice never answered though, because suddenly the thing moved. It opened an eye, and then snarled. Its head snapped towards the probe, and then everything went black.

"Rewind that video a few seconds!" Alice said "now pause!" She looked at the face of the creature, and couldn't help but grin. "A dragon, it's a dragon!"